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Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is leaving to create his own startup
Yann LeCun, known as one of the godfathers of modern artificial intelligence and one of the first AI visionaries to join the company then known as Facebook, is leaving Meta. LuCun said in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday that he plans to create a startup that specializes in a kind of AI technology that researchers […]
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Meta wins FTC antitrust trial that focused on WhatsApp, Instagram
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta won its high-profile antitrust case against the Federal Trade Commission, which had accused the company of holding a monopoly in social networking. In a memorandum opinion released Tuesday, […]
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Despite Coinbase departure, only 28 companies have left Delaware this year
CEO of cryptocurrency platform Coinbase Brian Armstrong attends a reception at Buckingham Palace, in central London, on November 27, 2023 to mark the conclusion of the Global Investment Summit (GIS). (Photo by Daniel LEAL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Daniel Leal | Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk has […]
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Goldman Sachs stands by top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler after her emails with Jeffrey Epstein exposed
Kathy Ruemmler, former White House Counsel, appears on “Meet the Press” in Washington, D.C., Sunday, June 29, 2014. William B. Plowman | NBC Newswire | NBCUniversal | Getty Images Goldman Sachs on Thursday strongly backed its top lawyer, Kathy Ruemmler, a day after a congressional committee released her chummy emails with notorious sex offender Jeffrey […]
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While AI spending is top of mind, online ads are driving a lot of Big Tech’s growth
META CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Getty Images As tech giants increase their already breathtaking spending on artificial intelligence, their respective digital advertising businesses have also gained momentum. Quarterly earnings reports this week from Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft all showed healthy revenue on the ads front. The rising online advertising […]
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Tech’s $380 billion splurge: This quarter’s winners and losers of the AI spending boom
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech’s internet giants have made it through earnings season, and they offered a consistent message to Wall Street: Artificial intelligence investments are only […]
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Jim Cramer says buy the Meta plunge — but timing is key
Jim Cramer has decided to upgrade Meta Platforms — choosing to view Thursday’s post-earnings stock plunge as a buying opportunity. Meta shares were dropping 12% after the social media giant on Wednesday evening warned of spending increases this year and next to stay ahead in the artificial intelligence race. The Club is bumping Meta stock […]
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AI companies are downplaying amount of energy and capital they need, Joe Lonsdale says
Joe Lonsdale, the founder of venture firm 8VC, says that top executives in artificial intelligence are underselling the resources they need to meet their ambitious goals. These companies are ” afraid to scare their investors, and so they are telling them they need a lot less capital, a lot less energy than they know they actually […]
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Meta stock drops 10% as heightened AI spending overshadows strong third-quarter results
Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters Meta Platforms‘ stock dropped more than 10% Thursday as skepticism about the payoff from its aggressive artificial intelligence spending plans overshadowed strong results. The social media […]
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Big Tech earnings, Fed cuts rates, Trump-Xi meeting and more in Morning Squawk
Stocks on display at the Nasdaq on Sept. 10, 2025. Danielle DeVries | CNBC This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Magnificent or not? Magnificent Seven members Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta Platforms all beat […]
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